The Evening Courier, 2 September 1949

Around the country · Weinwick · 2 September 1949

The telegraph reaches Weinwick. The first message sent is the front-line…

EXCLUSIVE. The telegraph reaches Weinwick. The first message sent is the front-line report. The whole town came to look. One pfen well spent.

In the story: Weinwick, Ostra Street.

The Grand Chancellor, Rudolf Brenn, was not available to the Courier tonight.

**Our picture:** Weinwick, 2 September 1949, before. You can tell which. The telegraph reaches Weinwick. The first message sent is the front-line report.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

Private	Rolf Rusk, of Vellmar	The 5th Marsh Regiment	enemy action	31 August 1949
Private	Emil Fenn, of Vellmar	The 4th Marsh Regiment	killed in action	28 August 1949

The Courier prints the Ministry's roll as the Ministry sends it. The Line holds.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

Courts and Assembly

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

2 September 1949. The Berging Broadcasting Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 57 votes to 3. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 267 marka. Nobody cheered.

31 August 1949. The Tramway Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 17. Provides 157825 marka for works between Weinau and Tarnmoor. It took them all afternoon.

30 August 1949. The Highways (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 41 votes to 21. Provides 100580 marka for works between Grauburg and Wasserdorf. Comes into force on 1 January 1950. It changes The Highways Act. It took them all afternoon.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. E. O.: Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: the clock destroyed; no further penalty. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Krunholt v. Vutwitz: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Sudfurt. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 68.2 pfen the loaf. Beer 102.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 8.62 marka. A room costs 30.15 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 10,063.30. Bank rate 5.05 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 18,031,802 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

251 births, 103 weddings, 157 deaths this week. Population 578,379.

On this day

140 years ago. The Ostra rises 20 centimetres above its mark at Weinau. Cellars in Market Way are flooded. Report.

135 years ago. The weaving shed at Weinfeld burns through the night. 21 men are out of work. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1948 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Club	W	L
Marschau Garrison	14	4
Reedside Athletic	12	6
Weinfeld Vintners	11	7
Tarnmund Lake	10	8
Grauburg Fortress	9	9
Norrwick Printers	9	9
Ostrabruck Bridge	8	10
Hollstadt Workers	7	11
Kessel Iron	7	11
Vellmar Wardens	3	15

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 6 out of ten and the ferry 5.

The Stars

Aries A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.

Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.

Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.

Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.

Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.

Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.

Libra The scales tip your way on Thursday.

Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.

Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.

Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.

Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.

Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

The Courier crossword

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